Fusee.



G. B. JACKSON.

FUSEE.

APPLICATION FILED mzc. H. 1914.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

GEORGE B. JACKSON, 01 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FUSEE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, GEORGE E. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia,- Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Fusees, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fusees of the type generally employed in railroad practice containing colored fire or similar illuminating material and provided with self-contained means whereby such illuminating material may be ignited. I

My invention consists of igniting means carried by and combined with the protective cover for the fusee, which cover is wateror moisture-resistant to protect the ignition end of the fusee and at the same time will protect the igniting means forming the subject of my invention.

These and other features of my invention are more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective View illustrating the structure forming the subject of my invention; Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1; Figs. 3, 4 and 5, are similar sectional views illustrating modifications within the scope of my invention, and Figs. 6 and 7, are views illustrating details of my invention.

In the drawings, 1 rep resents the shell or tube of the fusee containing the illuminating material, and 2 a match head or similar igniting element carried by or embedded in the quick burning material or hard head usually provided at the end of the fusee for the purpose of igniting the main body of illuminating material within the same.

In the present instance, the end of the fusee carries a tubular block 3 having a conical bore receiving the hard head, which block is suitably retained in place in the shell or tube of the fusee, which block is of a special character and forms the subject of an application for patent filed by Wilton D. Jackson, December 10, 1914, Serial No. 876,512. bore 4 designed to hold the quick ignitlon material or hard head in place, with a small orifice 5 at the outer end for the exposure of the latter to receive the igniter 2. This endof' the fusee is inclosed in a tubular casing or wrapping of paper 6 of a suitable character, which is firmly secured, preferably by gluing it entirely around the fusee;

Specification of Letters Patent.

This block has a conical- Patentedsept. 7, 1915 Application filed December 11, 1914. Serial No. 876,685.

with its open end folded over and properly secured in place with the use of all necessary precautionary means to insure that this end of the fusee will be maintained in a waterand moisture-proof condition.

For the. purpose of providing means whereby the match head or other ignition means may be ignited, I propose to employ an ignition strip 7 which may be interposed between the cover 6 and the tube of the fusee; which ignition strip is held in place by said cover. The inner face of this strip is provided, upon a portion of its surface, with complemental material 8 for engagement with the match head or other igniter carried by the end of the fusee, so that upon drawing the said ignition strip 7 across the match head or other igniter with the complemental material in contact therewith, the said match head or igniter will be ignited to effect proper ignition of the fusee. For this purpose, the ignition strip is of sufficiently stifi material, which may be heavy cardboard, parchmentized fiber, or in some instances, a strip of wood, metal or other convenient material may be employed, so that upon grasping the lower exposed end 9 of the same, a quick outward pull applied to said strip against the wrapper or cover 6 will rip the same loose, exposing the match head or igniter and permitting the use of g said strip upon the same to effect ignition of the fusee. In some instances, the strip may extend across the head of the match or other igniting element, as indicated in Fig. 3, forming, to a certain extent, a protector for the same and assisting further in the complete removal of the cover from said top portion of the fusee. I do not desire, however, to provide for automatic ignition of the fusee in the act of tearing ofl the cover, but propose to employ the strip by rubbing it across the match head or other igniter, as described.

In Figs. 4 .and 5, I have shown a fusee provided with a protective block for the match head or other igniter. In Fig. 4, this block is shown at 10 as covering the end of the fusee; being hollowed out at 11 to receive the match head or other igniter and having the strip 7 secured thereto as by means of a tack or nail 12. In Fig. 5, a substantially similar construction is shown except that the strip is carried over the top of the protective block.

The strip 7 is shown detached in Fig. 6.

material being relatively small, a wrapping inclosing the end of said fusee and constituting a protective cover, and a separable igni tion strip carried at the end of the fusee parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof and protected by said wrapping.

2. A fusee comprising a tubular holder for inflammable illuminating material, an ignitible member at the end of said illuminating material, the latter having an exposed portion of small area, a wrapping for the end of said fusee constituting a protective cover, and an elongated piece of flat stifi' material forming an ignition element carried at the end of the fusee parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof and inclosing and protected by said wrapping.

3. A-fusee comprising a tubular holder for inflammable illuminating material, ignition means at the'end of said illuminating material, said illuminating material having a relatively small exposed area, a wrapping for the end of said fusee forming a protective cover, and an element of stiff material having a scratch surface for said ignition means carried at the end of the fusee parallel "terial forming an ignition element with a complemental scratch surface for the ignitible member carried at the end of the fusee parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof and inclosed and protected by said wrapping.

5. A fusee comprising a tubular holder for inflammable illuminating material, a wooden plug in the ,end of said fusee having a small bore whereby the area of illuminating ma- I terial exposed is relatively small, ignition means carried by the exposed portion of said illuminating material, a wrapping for the end of said fusee constituting a protective cover, and a complementary ignition element carried 'at the end of the fusee parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof and inclosed and protected by said wrapping.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MURRAY C. BOYER, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

